Whirlpool short tub
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The key word in the original questions was "new". If you buy a mid to upper model and use hot water and good detergent any machine on the market will clean. It is a bit like marriage, will you still enjoy "washing" together as the years go buy. I avoid Kenmore, because of the service issue of coded parts and inflated service charges. If I wanted Kenmore I would just buy it with a Whirlpool label and deal directly with the manufacturer. The GE is very quiet and the Maytag is louder, but louder is still very quiet, comparatively speaking. It is alot about how you use it. My motto: Everything but the refrigerator goes in the dishwasher" And the day I have to rinse a dish before putting in the dishWASHER is the day I throw it away and getone that does. Very, very, few households, I encounter load without rinsing. If you rinse, buy the cheapest machine and cheapest soap and use it to dry the dishes. The European machines often have a filter you have to muck out, while the American made have a soft food disposer. Many of the European models do not have a heated a dry and to get better results, you have to use Jet Dry. A lot of hoo haw, when for 300.oo bucks you can get a fine dishwasher from GE, Maytag or Whirlpool that will last 10 or more years. I have the sickness that requires every appliance in my house to be the same brand, so when I decide, it includes the stove and fridge so it all becomes a bigger integrated picture. I was not happy with my latest GE range, because the oven element was so intense it over browned the baked goods. I sold the stove and got a Maytag. Then I got a free Maytag dishwasher off Craigslist and swapped out the builder issue GE. I am on the hunt for bottom freezer Maytag and then you'll all be invited to the party when we throw my 2 year old GE off the 6th balcony.
Kelly
The key word in the original questions was "new". If you buy a mid to upper model and use hot water and good detergent any machine on the market will clean. It is a bit like marriage, will you still enjoy "washing" together as the years go buy. I avoid Kenmore, because of the service issue of coded parts and inflated service charges. If I wanted Kenmore I would just buy it with a Whirlpool label and deal directly with the manufacturer. The GE is very quiet and the Maytag is louder, but louder is still very quiet, comparatively speaking. It is alot about how you use it. My motto: Everything but the refrigerator goes in the dishwasher" And the day I have to rinse a dish before putting in the dishWASHER is the day I throw it away and getone that does. Very, very, few households, I encounter load without rinsing. If you rinse, buy the cheapest machine and cheapest soap and use it to dry the dishes. The European machines often have a filter you have to muck out, while the American made have a soft food disposer. Many of the European models do not have a heated a dry and to get better results, you have to use Jet Dry. A lot of hoo haw, when for 300.oo bucks you can get a fine dishwasher from GE, Maytag or Whirlpool that will last 10 or more years. I have the sickness that requires every appliance in my house to be the same brand, so when I decide, it includes the stove and fridge so it all becomes a bigger integrated picture. I was not happy with my latest GE range, because the oven element was so intense it over browned the baked goods. I sold the stove and got a Maytag. Then I got a free Maytag dishwasher off Craigslist and swapped out the builder issue GE. I am on the hunt for bottom freezer Maytag and then you'll all be invited to the party when we throw my 2 year old GE off the 6th balcony.
Kelly
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I would agree with PeterH770. I have a Whirlpool bol portable that my partner gave me for Christmas in 1999. Eventhough it has the "dreaded" center tower system, it never fails to produce excellent results. I never rinse, put crusty broilers, baking dishes, etc into it. I put pots in the top rack and stack bowels over small plates in the bottom rack. It never fails! I have learned to use only Cascade Complete powder. Any other brand (including CR top rated Wal Mart Great Value) just doesn't produce the same results. The normal cycle takes 55 minutes. I always stop it after the final rinse and let the dishes air dry!
When the time comes to replace this machine, I will get the TOL Whirlpool short tub portable which has the direct feed washarm system with no center tower. All of our major appliances are Whirlpool. They are easy to work on and reliable. I attached a link to the built in model with the direct feed system.
Robbytuck, Sioux Falls, SD
I would agree with PeterH770. I have a Whirlpool bol portable that my partner gave me for Christmas in 1999. Eventhough it has the "dreaded" center tower system, it never fails to produce excellent results. I never rinse, put crusty broilers, baking dishes, etc into it. I put pots in the top rack and stack bowels over small plates in the bottom rack. It never fails! I have learned to use only Cascade Complete powder. Any other brand (including CR top rated Wal Mart Great Value) just doesn't produce the same results. The normal cycle takes 55 minutes. I always stop it after the final rinse and let the dishes air dry!
When the time comes to replace this machine, I will get the TOL Whirlpool short tub portable which has the direct feed washarm system with no center tower. All of our major appliances are Whirlpool. They are easy to work on and reliable. I attached a link to the built in model with the direct feed system.
Robbytuck, Sioux Falls, SD
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Problem is, ladies and gents, everything f--kin dishwasher I see out there looks exactly the same as the others. It's as though every brand is being outsourced to the same manufacturer. Even the LG's look ersatz. I'm bending towards the Miele's and the Asko's because they at least look unique and have interesting racking combinations (well, the Miele, at least).
It's interesting that no manufacturer has yet figured out (or cares) that those of us who work in kitchens have gotten used to these fantastic undercounter machines that use boosters to heat their water to 180F and complete a wash and rinse cycle in less than 5 minutes! Incredibly useful machines for those who throw parties. They use can use the same interchangeable racks that "tunnel-conveyor" machines use for glasses, plates, big pots, etc. Problem is that they retail for about 4K.Some of the older models (which I am looking for) are made exactly like the 17-series KitchenAid's with a SS tub, no dispensers on the door and no rack supports.
What I'd really like is one of those old GE Mobile Maids or a KitchenAid KSS-17A. Very hard to find around here. I'd take a 1988-90 Maytag Jetclean with the plates on top if I could find one that heated the water. The Miele is winning so far, but, then again, there is Kevin in Mystic whose tireless eye is looking, looking, looking...
One machine to rule them all,
One machine to find them.
One machine to bring them all,
And in the darkness bind them.
It's interesting that no manufacturer has yet figured out (or cares) that those of us who work in kitchens have gotten used to these fantastic undercounter machines that use boosters to heat their water to 180F and complete a wash and rinse cycle in less than 5 minutes! Incredibly useful machines for those who throw parties. They use can use the same interchangeable racks that "tunnel-conveyor" machines use for glasses, plates, big pots, etc. Problem is that they retail for about 4K.Some of the older models (which I am looking for) are made exactly like the 17-series KitchenAid's with a SS tub, no dispensers on the door and no rack supports.
What I'd really like is one of those old GE Mobile Maids or a KitchenAid KSS-17A. Very hard to find around here. I'd take a 1988-90 Maytag Jetclean with the plates on top if I could find one that heated the water. The Miele is winning so far, but, then again, there is Kevin in Mystic whose tireless eye is looking, looking, looking...
One machine to rule them all,
One machine to find them.
One machine to bring them all,
And in the darkness bind them.
gosh Ken
your drawings are just so beautiful. You ought to send them to the manufacturers to encourage them to do a "nostalgia" series. One with the look and build of these great machines.
your drawings are just so beautiful. You ought to send them to the manufacturers to encourage them to do a "nostalgia" series. One with the look and build of these great machines.
